Field Notes, Part 1

Today I was compelled to drive out to the lake. Halfway there I realized I had the Olympus with me instead of my Kodak (with its superior zoom), and I actually had this thought: Well, maybe a butterfly will land right in front of me, near enough that I can shoot it up close.

And wouldn’t you know:

Not just 1, but 2! And is it just me, or are those little white hearts on the wings of the black/blue butterfly?

: )

It was a very good day. Although I did see the hummingbird again, later — actually, I think I might have seen 2, but of course I did not even attempt to take a picture. I simply sat back and watched and marveled.

And I remembered being at the Betty Ford Gardens (NOT Clinic!) in Colorado back in 2002, and how the hummingbirds were everywhere, flying from flower to flower to flower.

Butterflies are a little easier. Sometimes.